ProInvest - CWAF

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INPUT - PROINVEST Initiative
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PROINVEST - CDE

• European Union ACP countries partnership
  programme
• Investment promotion
• Technology flows
• Intermediary organisations strengthening
• Euros 110 millions budget over 7 years, funded by
  the EDF (European Development Fund)
• Implemented by the CDE (Centre for the
  Development of Enterprise)
• Supervised by the par EuropeAid Cooperation
  Office

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General objective of INPUT - PROINVEST

• First stage of a PROINVEST - CDE programme for
  promotion and support to water, energy and
  transport sectors
• key stake for the ACP countries
• important potential for UE ACP cooperation
• infrastructures
• equipment
• technologies
• operators
• services

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INPUT Regions covered
INPUT 2006 East Africa Indian Ocean
INPUT 2005 West and Central
Africa Accra - 30th November 2nd December 2005
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INPUT scope

• Sectors / sub sectors
• water extraction, transport, treatment,
  distribution, supply, sanitation
• energy (fossil and renewable sources)
  production, transmission, distribution and supply
• transport maritime, fluvial, road, railway, air
  and logistics
• Activities
• infrastructures et equipment
• management
• services engineering, installation,
  maintenance, consulting, training

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Current sectoral situation equipment / services

• Water
• gt 50 of population hasnt suitable access to
  potable water
• wastewater collection / treatment remains an
  exception
• Energy
• 80 of population has only a restricted access
  to modern sources of energy, while Africa has
  very large potential resources
• Transports
• based for 90 on a road network general poorly
  maintained and discontinuous
• other infrastructures / services are even more
  deficient ports, rail, air

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Consequences and stakes

• Threats on
• public health
• environment
• Restraints on economical development and
  exchanges at all levels
• national
• regional
• international

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Current situation enterprises intermediary
organisations

• Local enterprises
• weaknesses (size, technical level, finance,
  etc.) of most of local enterprises, placed
• between large enterprises, either link to the
  public sector or subsidiaries of multinational
  groups
• and a vast informal sector
• major restraint to improving the situation
  within INPUT sectors
• Intermediary organisations (IO)
• Weakness of means, while specific approaches /
  actions (notably sectoral and/or regional/
  international) are required

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Positive evolution in sub-Saharan
Africa insufficiently known in Europe

• mobilisation of international and bilateral
  institutions
• regional initiatives (NEPAD, CEEAC, etc.)
• 1/5 of countries have a growth gt 5
• 23 countries fulfil criteria for debt reduction
• reduced poverty for 15 countries and increased
  access to services
• political willingness and improved regulatory
  environment
• support to private sector
• call for foreign investment, PPP and
  privatisation

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INPUT specific objective

• Complementarity with other actors
• Financial Institutions, Cooperation Agencies,
  other EU programmes
• In accordance with PROINVEST CDE missions
• facilitation of business meetings for concerned
  actors
• technical assistance to enterprises to facilitate
  
• development projects (business plan, bankable
  dossier, )
• performances improvement projects (technical
  assistance, training...)
• partnerships commercial, industrial,
  technological, PPP
• support to intermediary organisations (ACP et
  EU)
• Institutional capacity strengthening
• networking

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PROINVEST INPUT approach 3 main stages

• 1 - Involvement of African and European actors
• Policy makers and Regional Institutions,
• Entrepreneurs Intermediary organisations
• International Financial Institutions,
• Investment promotion agencies,
• Cooperation agencies, etc.
• 2 - Organisation of 2 Regional Conferences
• 2005 Accra Central and West Africa
• 2006 East Africa / Indian Ocean
• 3 - Technical assistance
• Enterprises and intermediary organisations

Ongoing action
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Regional Investment Conferences

• 250 to 300 participants 3 days
• African participants
• National and Regional policy decision-makers
• Selected African entrepreneurs (public,
  semi-public private)
• Intermediary organisations, banks, etc.
• European (and third countries) participants
• Large enterprises and SME
• Professional organisations
• Multilateral and bilateral cooperation agencies
• International Financial Institutions, banks,
  etc.
• High level International Experts

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Agenda of INPUT Regional Conferences

• Two themes
• Investment conference
• Plenary sessions
• Thematic workshops
• Sector-related workshops
• Business meetings
• B2B
• Meetings with policy maker
• Meetings with banks, institutions, etc.

To anticipate on developing markets
Opportunities business, PPP, cooperation
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Yves
Palmero y.palmero_at_bernard-krief.com Website
www.input-proinvest-eu.org